American capitalism has a hate-love relationship with the nation’s schools. On the “hate” side is a stream of complaints from business leaders and organizations about the many students, particularly in city schools, who fail achievement tests, are high school dropouts […]
Gerald Coles is an educational psychologist who has written extensively on literacy and learning disabilities. He is the author of Reading Lessons: The Debate Over Literacy, and The Learning Mystique: A Critical Look at "Learning Disabilities," as well as numerous articles in educational and psychology journals. He can be reached at gcwriting [at] fastmail.com